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International Award Committee
2010–2012 term
Chair
Brian Fraser, Newcastle University, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Members
Noel Aloysius, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Tereza Cavazos, CICESE, San Diego, California
Natalia Gomez Perez, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C.
William Ridley, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
Daniel Schertzer, University of Paris, Marne La Vallee, France
Giday WoldeGabriel, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Staff Liaisons
Beth Paredes
New in 2007, the award for international research cooperation was established to recognize an individual scientist or a small team for making an outstanding contribution to furthering the Earth and space sciences and using our science for the benefit of society in less favored nations.
Committee Charge
- Select the recipient of the International Award; the final decision is subject for approval of the Executive Committee.
- Interpret the scope of the award broadly and to keep in mind that as a Union award, it should reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the Earth and space sciences.
- Be especially mindful of the diversity of the community of individuals encompassed by AGU.
- Do not depend solely on unsolicited nominations but should be proactive by encouraging nominations through committee member contacts.
- State, as part of the award recommendation to the Executive Committee, the number of candidates they considered, how many of these were holdovers and how many were new, and whether the new candidates were nominations from general call or were actively encouraged by the committee.
- Define the process used for reaching the decision.
Work Plan for 2010–2012
In addition to selecting the International Awardees,
- Review data from International Award's selection processes for the past several years to determine if the program is operating maximally in terms of the relevant goals of the Union's strategic plan.
- Work with Section and Focus Group committees to increase the number of nominations of viable candidates in underrepresented groups so that newly elected awardees reflect the diversity of the Union membership; and
- Work with the Meetings and Honors and Recognition Committees to review formats for the award ceremonies at AGU meetings and to recommend revisions to award ceremony formats as necessary.
–July 2010